Alerts | Arrest/detention at protest/demonstration

Novaya Gazeta photographer arrested in St. Petersburg

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Photographer Elena Lukyanova from Novaya Gazeta was arrested in St. Petersburg while she was covering an anti-war demonstration. She was released later in the evening. Lukyanova was easily identifiable as a journalist as was wearing a press vest and carried her press card and confirmation of her editorial assignment.

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